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October 26 - November 1, 2002

Work and Education

Article: John O’Neil. 2002. “Behavior: Moms Go to Class but Kids Gain.” The New York Times. 10/29/02.
Summary: Giving recently divorced mothers training in child-rearing skills cut in half the mental disorders found six years later among their adolescent children in comparison with children in a similar group

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Politics and Society

Article: Darryl Fears. 2002. “Survey Finds Black Voters Less Solidly Democratic.” The Washington Post; A11. 10/30/02.
Summary: African Americans are becoming less likely to identify themselves as Democrats, and give Republican Secretary of State Colin L. Powell a higher approval rating than civil rights icon Jesse L. Jackson.
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37871-2002Oct29.html
Study: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. 2002. 2002 National Opinion Poll.
Available at: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies,  http://www.jointcenter.org/whatsnew/2002_NOP_text&tables.pdf
Price: Free

Article: The Associated Press. 2002. “Report Predicts Low Voter Turnout.”  The New York Times. 10/31/02.
Summary: All signs point to relatively low voter turnout this year, says a new report released as the major political parties are stepping up their efforts to reduce that trend for midterm elections.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Voter-Turnout.html
Study: Curtis Gans. 2002. Voter Registration Flat Primary Turnout Low: Low Turnout Held Likely.
Available at: Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, http://www.gspm.org/csae/cgans7.html
Price: Free

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Family Life

Article: John O’Neil. 2002. “Safety: Another Problem With Poverty.”  The New York Times. 10/29/02.
Summary: Children who live in the poorest neighborhoods of cities tend to face the biggest risk of being hit by cars, according to two new studies that independently looked at the problem in Britain and the United States.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/health/children/29SAFE.html
Study: Daniel Graham et al. 2002. Child pedestrian casualties in England: the effect of area deprivation.

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Health and Reproductive Issues   

Article: The Associated Press. 2002. "Survey Released on Medical Errors." The New York Times. 10/28/02.
Summary: Most physicians believe that reducing medical errors should be a national priority, but are much less likely than the public to believe quality of care is a problem.

Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Medical-Errors.html
Study: Andrew R. Robinson, MD et al. 2002. Physician and Public Opinions on Quality of Health Care and the Problem of Medical Errors.
Available at: The Archives of Internal Medicine, http://archinte.ama-assn.org/issues/v162n19/abs/ioi10641.html
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Article: The Associated Press. 2002. “Study: More Survive Heart Failure.” The New York Times. 10/31/02.
Summary: Doctors have made progress over the last five decades in keeping heart failure patients alive and preventing the life-threatening condition, at least in women.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Heart-Failure.html
Study: Daniel Levy, M.D. et al. 2002. Long-Term Trends in the Incidence of and Survival with Heart Failure.
Available at: The New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/347/18/1397
Price: Free

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Poverty and Income

Article: Robert Pear. 2002. “Study Tells U.S. to Pay More for the Best Medical Care.” The New York Times. 10/31/02.

Summary: Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs should reward high-quality health care by paying higher fees or bonuses to the best doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and health maintenance organizations.
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/health/31HEAL.html
Study: The National Academy of Sciences. 2002. Leadership by Example: Coordinating Government Roles in Improving Health Care Quality.
Available at: The National Academy of Sciences, http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309086163?OpenDocument
Price: Free

Article: The Associated Press. 2002. “Child Support Payments to Mothers Improved From '93 to '99.” The New York Times. 10/27/02.
Summary: The number of mothers who received all the child support they were owed increased by more than 25 percent in the late 1990's
Location: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/27/national/27CHIL.html
Study: Census Bureau. 2002. Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support.
Available at: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-137.html
Price: Free

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Of Interest

Article: Leila Abboud. 2002. “Bush Administration Labels Embryos 'Human Subjects’.” The Wall Street Journal. 10/31/02.

Summary: The Bush administration has revised the charter of a medical-research advisory panel to clarify that embryos are "human subjects" whose welfare deserves to be weighed during experiments as much as that of adults, children and fetuses.

Location: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1035988316192301191-search,00.html

Article: Vivian Marino. 2002. “Job Expenses May Add to Debt for Women.” The New York Times. 10/27/02.

Summary: Young women are more likely than men the same age to incur debt, and they often have career-related expenses to blame.